war and peace

Egypt on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

After passing through the Qattara Depression and crossing the Siwa Oasis, you can also see the tall robotic arms of the Istable Well and the Basur Well on the way, and you will find a vast desert in front of you.

Voldemort took Nagini out of the British Isles, from Orleans to Milan, from Sarajevo to Athens, and then across the Mediterranean Sea, heading directly to Egypt.The selection of the location is in the order of the most glorious ancient magic, but there are always some unexpected gains, such as the ever-changing machines and technologies of the Muggles.

He started to set foot on the land of Egypt, and the things he saw along the way were exchanged for oil wells, so he couldn't help being a little curious about those iron shelves that lacked aesthetic feeling.In his opinion, Muggle manufactures are very fragile, but there is no doubt that that dark thing is an important source of energy for Muggle survival.Egypt does not have as many magical monsters as Greece. They have been pursuing human spirituality since ancient times. There are by no means as many wizards as priests, but they have wealth unmatched by Greece.Again, this difference is reflected in the standard of living of Egyptian and Greek wizards.

This disparity gave Voldemort a vaguely new vision of how to control Muggles for profit; no doubt enough gold to create a new magical empire.But this idea is still just a conjecture, and he has to spend more time thinking about specific candidates and processes.It is true that the International Federation of Wizards has long established a separation law between the wizarding world and the Muggle world, but this kind of thing is completely useless to him.As long as he wants to do, no one has ever been able to stop him.

"All the pyramids are on the banks of the Nile! There's nothing here!" Nagini couldn't understand Voldemort's behavior of staying in the desert. Hyperbole, just to express how much it doesn't like deserts.In fact, Voldemort cast more than one protective spell on it, allowing it to wander around without being discovered by any Muggles and wizards.

"Do you want to eat the Sphinx this time?" Voldemort laughed.And along the way, he captured many rare magical monsters, especially Greece. "I thought those chimeras, griffins, and manticores were enough to turn your appetite off."

"Oh, don't mention them! The taste is terrible!" The snake shook its triangular head desperately. "I know it takes a lot of strength to catch them, but I think I prefer acromantata." Acromantula like a humid and dark environment, and the desert is undoubtedly the least likely place for them to stay-this This is the real reason why Nagini can't stay.

"Don't worry, they will." Voldemort thought of the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts when he heard the animal's name, but he didn't mention the location, otherwise his pet would have thought about returning to England halfway. "I just had a new idea and I was thinking how to make it happen."

"You're never short of new ideas," Nagini replied bluntly.It just complained casually, otherwise it would really be suffocated by the atmosphere created by the dry air and the sky full of yellow sand. "Okay, I won't bother you anymore, please continue." After speaking, it plunged into the sand and disappeared quickly.

Voldemort shook his head, and continued to go invisible to visit his oil well and its ancillary facilities.He didn't need to figure out how they worked, he wanted to understand the process from physical objects to gold.Because he will never go down to dig oil by himself, some people do this work for him.

This process took him about a month.From the oil tanker to the central control room, and then from the delivery list to the online transaction, even Voldemort has to admit that this method of assembly line work is excellent in terms of methodology.Then compare most of the backward manual methods in the wizarding world, and stand out from the others—of course, this is only from a methodological point of view, because the gap between the types of goods in the wizarding world and the Muggle world is absolutely incomparable.

When he returned to the Sahara Desert again, it happened to be a dark night.Voldemort floated across the linear dunes, calling softly to Nagini, still thinking about what he should have known but had never bothered to understand.Why hadn't he thought of doing this before?Apparently, killing Muggles is not as good as ruling them...

But the surrounding sand dunes were as dead, black and without any sound.

Voldemort felt something was wrong.Normally, Nagini would appear if he just called out twice, but he has been doing this for 10 minutes today.But the warning spell he had cast on it remained untouched, which meant that it was still fine, but it didn't know where it was.Voldemort drew his wand and said a pointing spell quickly and silently.The tip of the yew wand sank, pointing in the direction of the Nile in the distance.

Did you run too far?Voldemort floated up again and headed east.From a downward point of view, Nagini probably got under an ancient pyramid - it is a common phenomenon that there are secret rooms under the pyramid; because the high magic barrier can last for a long time, making modern Muggle instruments malfunction Or it shows wrong results, so the only people who know are the remaining descendants of brilliant wizards and priests.And Nagini is a snake, and the things that can attract its attention are either food or animals similar to it, so they easily found all kinds of monsters when they were in Greece (although its original intention was to find spiders).But having said that, it is really a strange thing not to find a basilisk in Greece...

Just when Voldemort was thinking, he had turned into invisible smoke and sank into the yellow sand at the indicated location.Ancient rune is a course he has always been good at, and he is very familiar with different ancient runes from the Mediterranean coast to the Far East.So when he saw a rock building emitting a faint green light in front of him, he only felt excited.It doesn't look like it's under the pyramids... is it someone else's remains?But judging from the situation outside, this place is undoubtedly full of ancient magic traps.

He finally knew what was going on, Voldemort thought.Nagini is probably trapped inside the building, which is why he can't summon it.But the trap that Nagini could not break was really not difficult for him at all.He had always been interested in ancient magic, and knew it better than the magic of love and trust.

So Voldemort didn't spend much effort, broke through the outer barrier, and translated an inscription engraved on the stone tablet by the way.The text is very simple. Queen Nitocris took revenge for her brother Nam Tim Saf II, built this underground stone chamber, used the excuse of celebration to bring in the enemies, and then opened the gate to release water to drown them.It's not an honorable history, so it certainly wasn't made by the Queen herself.Judging by the age of writing evolution, it is undoubtedly that later generations discovered this stone chamber, but it has been repurposed for other purposes.

But none of this has anything to do with Voldemort.According to his expectation, there will be nothing else in it except the ashes of the corpse-we must know that Queen Nitocris was the pharaoh of the sixth dynasty of Egypt, which was between the 24th century BC and the 22nd century BC (fact Proof that Voldemort's history of magic is also quite passable).It's just that I don't know what the wizard did in it later...

"Nagini?" Voldemort whispered again.This time he heard a response.There was a whining sound, and it sounded like his pet had been silenced by some sort of spell.Either a spell or some other magical artifact, because the place has no Muggle smell at all.Voldemort quickly cast a few spells on and around him, and then dived into the dark mouth of the cave.

It looks like there is no light at all from the outside, but when you go in, you can see a few green fireflies floating in the air.The color was abnormally bright, and it was obvious at a glance that it was made of dead bones.Voldemort immediately realized that he had indeed entered a stone chamber full of ancient magic, and that the other party was a dark wizard-he had made those corpses into hellfire that could burn people to ashes when they touched them!It would have been foolish to enter the stone chamber rashly when these hellfires were first made; but now, the long time has made them weak, otherwise there should be something wrong when he first opened the stone window.

Voldemort uttered a spell, and a white light flashed across, instantly illuminating the entire stone chamber.The flames of hell were swept away, and the interior of the stone chamber was clearly displayed in front of him.There are also tables and chairs in the center, which seem to have been left by the craftsmen of Queen Nitocris.Against the wall stood a large shelf with various crucibles and jars of recognizable age.On the other side is a face full of stone carvings, as if someone carved a whole book on potion making on it.There was a dusty door in the corner from which Nagini's voice had just come.

"Nagini?" Voldemort just took two steps towards that direction with his wand raised, when the door suddenly opened, and something flew towards him like an arrow that left the string.

"Voldie!" The big snake rushed to Voldemort's back at a speed that was completely disproportionate to its huge body, its tail wrapped around the opponent's calf, and the voice sounded a little trembling. "You're finally back!"

"What's going on?" Voldemort asked in a low voice.Nagini wrapped around his foot because it felt insecure, ready to Apparate him at any moment. "You came to this place..." What to do?But he immediately saw a figure coming out after him, his words stopped instantly, and he turned his head quickly.

"Don't look him in the eye!" Nagini cried too.

"Although I have no clothes to wear, I should look good, right?" A young naked man leaned against the door.He took off the snake slough on his head, and continued to ask casually: "The owner she said is you? I really haven't seen the snake whisperer for a long time." He took two steps outside and scratched him Bright red hair: "Yes, did you recognize it at a glance?"

Voldemort didn't say anything, just kept his movements cautiously, and added the detection spell silently.For a moment, he sensed the unique breath of the Basilisk (similar to the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets), and immediately turned his head away—he didn't want to be the first Parseltongue in history to be stared to death by the Basilisk.But he never knew that the basilisk could take human form, even though it spoke in Parseltongue.

"Still cautious." The man didn't mind at all, but slowly appraised Voldemort. "Tsk tsk, have you swept away the remaining flames of hell? That's all yours!"

"...What?" Although Voldemort felt that the current situation was strange, he still asked cautiously.His things...?Could it be...?

"It seems that you have already guessed it." The man took two steps forward and suddenly knelt down.He knelt so low that his chest was already touching the ground, let alone his face. "Dear master, please allow Serpt to kiss the dust off your feet."

The author has something to say: Egypt’s geographic information and Queen Nitocris all refer to online materials.

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